Don't expect a Romero-esque zombie film

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2002)

Before you read any further - DO NOT EXPECT A DAWN OF THE DEAD.
28 Days Later is, indeed, a movie about an apocalyptic situation where almost everyone in Britain and perhaps, the world too has become infected with a terrible virus known as "Rage" which transforms people into red-eyed fleet-footed zombies hell-bent on doing one thing - killing. 28 Days Later looks at such a situation on a larger level than Romero's classic horrors.
The best, and most eeriest scene in 28 Days Later happens when Jim, played by Irish actor Cillian Murphy, leaves a hospital and walks through the deserted London streets to the rising guitar strains of Godspeed You Black Emperor.
My own gripes with Danny Boyle's film is that it didn't show too much of the "Infected", a truly frightening creation, and this is where it failed to deliver.
A dull middle part in the film is where 28 Days Later begins to grate but it finally picks up in a final but decidedly rushed act.
All in all, Danny Boyle has made a very ambitious film but had he included more shocks and gory scenes then his film would've really hit home.

A hit and a miss. Seven out of ten.